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The British Forces Campaign - Highland Games
Jock Tamson replied to BFCElvis's topic in Combat Mission Shock Force 2
I am not sure which mod it is in, it might be one of Mord's. Someone on here will probably know. -
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The British Forces Campaign - Highland Games
Jock Tamson replied to BFCElvis's topic in Combat Mission Shock Force 2
Even better with the very sweary Scottish voice mod from CMSF1 -
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Steam Remote Play Together
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Steam Remote Play Together
Jock Tamson replied to Jock Tamson's topic in Combat Mission Shock Force 2
You could play hotseat, but each player would be able to see the other one plotting their moves -
The more you try to simulate, the more you suck out the game. It is a tightrope for an entertainment product. Advanced Squad Leader does not try to be a simulation, and is better for it. There is risk, randomness and decision making within a framework of phases all of which encourage a narrative to emerge. The inconsistencies that you get with CM are not so jarring when their equivalents occur in a boardgame - because "rules" (although in ASL there is likely to be a rule for it). For example CM goes to great lengths (compared to other computer games) to simulate the effects of diff
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Steam Remote Play Together
Jock Tamson replied to Jock Tamson's topic in Combat Mission Shock Force 2
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Steam Remote Play Together
Jock Tamson replied to Jock Tamson's topic in Combat Mission Shock Force 2
As far as I am aware, the people you invite to the session don't need to own the game -
It occurs to me that this feature could be used to play co-operatively. Or tutoring a new player. Anyone tried it?
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Exciting news about Battlefront and Slitherine
Jock Tamson replied to BFCElvis's topic in Combat Mission - General Discussion
I think the argument was - there is a market for niche wargames among the 95 million Steam users, the games will sell, and the revenue could be used to prevent the usual dichotomy of additional content versus additional features. -
How to get your CMSF2 game on Steam
Jock Tamson replied to BFCElvis's topic in Combat Mission Shock Force 2
Steam doesn't "look through your HD", but yes if you have highly confidential data on a PC the only way to be sure of its safety is to not install anything on the PC and don't do any web browsing on it. -
Exciting news about Battlefront and Slitherine
Jock Tamson replied to BFCElvis's topic in Combat Mission - General Discussion
The screenshots on the Steam page are really poor. Aliasing in all of them, when there is no need for it. You wouldn't put crumpled clothing in a store window. -
How to get your CMSF2 game on Steam
Jock Tamson replied to BFCElvis's topic in Combat Mission Shock Force 2
To be fair none of these issues are to do with Steam, they are all about registering existing Battlefront keys on Slitherine, -
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How to get your CMSF2 game on Steam
Jock Tamson replied to BFCElvis's topic in Combat Mission Shock Force 2
One reason would be that adding it to your Steam library - you don't even need to install it - would allow you to a) review it on the Steam product store page b) post screenshots or videos to the Combat Mission Steam Community pages. If you were so inclined. -
Lastly, this is the Syrian Special Ops Uniform modded with the German forces trousers. You can see where I got the vest from for the mod above.